The Disrupted Comfort of Home

Tony Oursler - MMII [Self-Portrait in Yellow] (1996) [You Tube]

Portugal. The Man - Stables and Chairs (mp3): If one's shoelaces became mysteriously tied to the legs of one's chair in an otherwise empty house, this would be the sound of pulling oneself back up from the floor. Its guitar is gradually evolving different types of confused as bruised black and blues develop. And it sounds simultaneously familiar and foreign, much like my friend Timm.